How adaptable to psychosocial stress is the teenage brain?

by Bettina Hennebach,Max Planck SocietyThe adolescents who became more resilient with age showed greater myelination in the prefrontal cortex. Credit: MPI CBSMental illness often occurs for the

Updated on: September 21,2024

How adaptable to psychosocial stress is the teenage brain?

by Bettina Hennebach,Max Planck SocietyThe adolescents who became more resilient with age showed greater myelination in the prefrontal cortex. Credit: MPI CBSMental illness often occurs for the

Updated on:September 21,2024

Sedentary teens face higher mental health risks, study finds

Updated on: April 19,2025

Sedentary teens face higher mental health risks, study finds

Updated on:April 19,2025

Brain mapping advances understanding of human speech and hallucinations in schizophrenia

byNYU Langone HealthAuditory corollary discharge in the human starts in the bottom, or ventral, part of the motor cortex, a subregion called the precentral gyrus (red), and then moves down acros

Updated on: December 15,2024

Brain mapping advances understanding of human speech and hallucinations in schizophrenia

byNYU Langone HealthAuditory corollary discharge in the human starts in the bottom, or ventral, part of the motor cortex, a subregion called the precentral gyrus (red), and then moves down acros

Updated on:December 15,2024

Bipolar Disorder: Beyond Mood Swings to Biological Complexity

Updated on: May 15,2025

Bipolar Disorder: Beyond Mood Swings to Biological Complexity

Updated on:May 15,2025

Online insomnia treatment aids caregivers in need of rest

byUniversity of VirginiaCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainProviding care for a family member with a disabling illness can be a demanding job that leaves many people unable to sleep, but an online

Updated on: October 12,2024

Online insomnia treatment aids caregivers in need of rest

byUniversity of VirginiaCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainProviding care for a family member with a disabling illness can be a demanding job that leaves many people unable to sleep, but an online

Updated on:October 12,2024

Music makes us move even when we don't like it, according to psychologists

by Patrick Lejtenyi,Concordia UniversityExample of the musical notation of a stimulus with a medium rhythmic complexity (son clave) and a medium harmonic complexity (four-note (major) chords wit

Updated on: February 24,2025

Music makes us move even when we don't like it, according to psychologists

by Patrick Lejtenyi,Concordia UniversityExample of the musical notation of a stimulus with a medium rhythmic complexity (son clave) and a medium harmonic complexity (four-note (major) chords wit

Updated on:February 24,2025

Researchers examine why people remember certain things and not others

by Amy McCaig,Rice UniversityHolistic view of hierarchical processing in episodic memory. A) Proposed hierarchy of episodic memory content processing from neocortex to hippocampus, incorporating

Updated on: December 14,2024

Researchers examine why people remember certain things and not others

by Amy McCaig,Rice UniversityHolistic view of hierarchical processing in episodic memory. A) Proposed hierarchy of episodic memory content processing from neocortex to hippocampus, incorporating

Updated on:December 14,2024

Young people were becoming more anxious long before social media. Here's the evidence

by Roland Paulsen,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThanks to bestselling authors like Jonathan Haidt and Jean Twenge, the public has become increasingly aware of the rapid rise

Updated on: November 24,2024

Young people were becoming more anxious long before social media. Here's the evidence

by Roland Paulsen,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThanks to bestselling authors like Jonathan Haidt and Jean Twenge, the public has become increasingly aware of the rapid rise

Updated on:November 24,2024

Transgender, gender-diverse preteens less physically active than peers

byUniversity of TorontoCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainTransgender and gender-diverse preteens are about 15% less physically active than their cisgender peers, new research finds.Transgender 1

Updated on: December 24,2024

Transgender, gender-diverse preteens less physically active than peers

byUniversity of TorontoCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainTransgender and gender-diverse preteens are about 15% less physically active than their cisgender peers, new research finds.Transgender 1

Updated on:December 24,2024

App helps alleviate mental health symptoms in bereaved parents

byUppsala UniversitySelf-help app "Min sorg" (my grief), in Swedish. Credit: Josefin SveenA new study shows that an app can help parents who are mourning the loss of a child. Parents w

Updated on: January 09,2025

App helps alleviate mental health symptoms in bereaved parents

byUppsala UniversitySelf-help app "Min sorg" (my grief), in Swedish. Credit: Josefin SveenA new study shows that an app can help parents who are mourning the loss of a child. Parents w

Updated on:January 09,2025

Cocoa or green tea could protect you from the negative effects of fatty foods during mental stress, study finds

byUniversity of BirminghamCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNew research has found that a flavanol-rich cocoa drink can protect the body's vasculature against stress even after eating high-f

Updated on: December 06,2024

Cocoa or green tea could protect you from the negative effects of fatty foods during mental stress, study finds

byUniversity of BirminghamCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNew research has found that a flavanol-rich cocoa drink can protect the body's vasculature against stress even after eating high-f

Updated on:December 06,2024

A new school year can see friendships change—this is tough on kids, but parents can help

by Karyn Healy,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe start of the school year means new classes, routines, after-school activities and sometimes even a new school.This can be a r

Updated on: February 25,2025

A new school year can see friendships change—this is tough on kids, but parents can help

by Karyn Healy,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe start of the school year means new classes, routines, after-school activities and sometimes even a new school.This can be a r

Updated on:February 25,2025